Euphorbiaceae FAMILY
Jatropha kamerunica
Jatropha kamerunica
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Jatropha kamerunica is a herbaceous perennial plant producing scarcely-branching stems 30 - 100cm tall from a large, carrot-like rhizome, 15 - 20cm long and 5cm in diameter[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Senegal, Mali, Benin, Burkino Faso, Cameroon.
HabitatWooded sandy savannah; at elevations from 300 - 350 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].